Spark-producing toy with rack-operated driving mechanism and changing colors



Nov. 20, 1928. l

C. ARNOLD SPARK PRODUCING TOY WITH RACK OPERATED DRIVING MECHANISM AND GHANGING coLoRs Filed Aug. 1, 1927 Patented N'ov. 20, 1928.

iran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARD ARNOLD, OF NUREMBEBG, GERMANY.

SPARK-PROD'UCING TOY. WITH RACK-OPERATED DRIVING MECHANISM AND CHANG- ING- COITORS.

Application filed August i, 1927, Serial No. 209,882, and in Germany July 8, 1927.

I tion consists in that the spark-producing d isk mounted in a casing and having` apertures for the passageof sparks, has a smooth top-surface, that the upper end of the Vertical shaft on which the spark producing means are mounted, projects from said disk and carries fiat rings of colored transparent material which, when the toy is being operated, are made to circulate and continuously alter their circulating movement under the action of the centrifugal force, whereby the pictures lighted in colors change the color rapidly.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a side elevation, partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a flat ring of transparent material in top plan view.

The driving mechanism d located in a casing a is actuated by a rack c so that the vertical 4shaft 0 is rapidly rotated together with an clement of the spark producing device, for instance cerium-stones d, fixed on flaps, and with a spark-diskf. This spark-disk f has apertures g through which the sparks pass. The cerium-stones slide on an emery-band i arranged in a casing L so that sparks are produced.

The casing is closed by a lid Z, having windows la.

According to the invention the shaft o is extended and over the portion of the shaft o projecting over the Spark-disk f flat rings lm, of transparent material are placed with their central hole n. 40 When the toy is operated, the rings m of transparent material are caused, by the action of the centrifugal force, to circulate around shaft o being at the same time moved in outward direction and pressed against the inner ,45 surface of the wall of the casing h so that their movement is braked and changing colored pictures are thus produced which are visible through the lid Z.

I claim: A spark-producing toy, comprising in combination with a rack-operated driving vmechanisma casing in which said mechanism is 1ooated a vertical shaft, rotatably mounted in said casing and projecting through the top plate of said casing, a casing open at the t'op end, fixed on the top plate of the casing of said'drivi'ng mechanism, an emery-band on the inner .surface of said open casing, ceriumstones, connected to said Vertical shaft so that they rest on said emery-band, a disk having apertures fixed on said shaft at a cert-ain distance below the top end of the same and having a smooth upper surface, several flat rings of differently colored transparent material' 65 placed over the top end of said vertical shaft and resting loosely on said disk, and a lid having windows removably placed on said open casing.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature. I

j CARL ARNOLD. 

